South Africa: Blocked ID hell for man
Published: 24/May/2019
Source: The Witness / News24
Nokuthula Khanyile
Hilton College Farm dweller Edward Thusi says his life has been halted since Home Affairs blocked his ID.
Home Affairs says that a local man’s South African citizenship is in dispute, despite him being in possession of a green ID book and having been born in the country.
Edward Thusi’s identity document has been blocked and Home Affairs has directed him to do a DNA test to verify that he is his South African father’s true son.
Thusi was born on the Hilton College Farm in 1960. His mother was a Lesotho national, but his father was South African, and he told The Witness that as far as he knows, he is also a South African citizen.
His parents have died.
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